From Law Graduate to IAS Officer: Know How Bhopal's Pallavi Mishra Cracked UPSC Without Coaching

CSE is considered one of the most prestigious and demanding competitive examinations conducted in the country. UPSC conducts a CSE every year, a sort of entrance test for induction into All India Services and several Central Services of the Government of India. It comprises services like IAS, IFS, and IPS.

Born to a respectable family, her father Ajay Mishra is a senior advocate, mother Dr. Renu Mishra a senior scientist, and brother Aditya Mishra is an IPS officer and now the deputy commissioner of Indore.

Pallavi gives the credit for her success to her family and especially to her elder brother whose motivation and guidance at different stages of her journey made all the difference. Pallavi failed to clear the UPSC exam during the first attempt but in 2022 she tried with more seriousness and after the second attempt, cracked the exam without attending any formal coaching with an overall All India Rank( AIR) of 73. She is presently serving as Assistant Collector(Trainee,) North Goa, Goa. She has 63.8k followers on Instagram.

Born and brought up in Bhopal, Pallavi was educated in the city and later pursued her graduation from National Law University, Delhi. After the law degree, she had also finished her MA in music and was a trained classical singer, having learnt from late Pandit Siddharam Koravara.

Pallavi Mishra from Bhopal has accomplished this very inspirational milestone; she cleared the UPSC CSE without any formal coaching, securing a brilliant AIR 73. In this process, she has become a center of attraction amongst media and students who wish to crack this examination via self-study.

She did her LL.B. from the National Law University, Delhi, before doing an MA in Music. She is a trained classical singer too and received her tutelage under the late Pandit Siddharam Koravara.